ICE HOCKEY GAMES

Scheduled ice hockey games for 2021

How to start playing ice hockey

1. Learn how to ice skate first by taking lessons

It is important to be able to skate confidently in order to play ice hockey, and some basic skills you will need are crossovers, stopping and turning. These basic skills can be learned in one term of our Learn to Skate program.

2. Get as much ice time as you can

This means going to ice skating sessions and practising. You improve more and more each time you step onto the ice! Our ice skating programs come with free unlimited access to ice skating sessions, so making use of that free ice time is important!

3. Join the Ice Hockey Academy

You can now skate with confidence and perform some basic ice skating skills, so you are ready for ice hockey lessons! Now is the time to join the Cockburn Ice Hockey Academy.

4. Attend stick and puck sessions

These are sessions just for hockey players to practice their skating, stick handling, shooting, and other hockey skills that need working on.

5. Work on your shooting and stick handling at home

Skating is best practised on the ice, but there are a lot of stick handling and shooting exercises that can be done off the ice. All you really need is a shooting pad, a ball or green biscuit, and something to shoot at.